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Main Authors: Aguilar-Gutierrez, Sergio E., Bahiru, Eyoab, Espíndola, Ricardo
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Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.04233
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author Aguilar-Gutierrez, Sergio E.
Bahiru, Eyoab
Espíndola, Ricardo
author_facet Aguilar-Gutierrez, Sergio E.
Bahiru, Eyoab
Espíndola, Ricardo
contents This letter explores a transition in the type of von Neumann algebra for asymptotically AdS spacetimes from the implementations of the different gravitational constraints. We denote it as the \emph{centaur-algebra} of observables. In the first part of the letter, we employ a class of flow geometries interpolating between AdS$_2$ and dS$_2$ spaces, the centaur geometries. We study the type II$_\infty$ crossed product algebra describing the semiclassical gravitational theory, and we explore the algebra of bounded sub-regions in the bulk theory following $T\overline{T}$ deformations of the geometry and study the gravitational constraints with respect to the quasi-local Brown-York energy of the system at a finite cutoff. In the second part, we study arbitrary asymptotically AdS spacetimes, where we implement the boundary protocol of an infalling observer modeled as a probe black hole proposed by arXiv:2211.16512 to study modifications in the algebra. In both situations, we show how incorporating the constraints requires a type II$_1$ description.
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spellingShingle The centaur-algebra of observables
Aguilar-Gutierrez, Sergio E.
Bahiru, Eyoab
Espíndola, Ricardo
High Energy Physics - Theory
This letter explores a transition in the type of von Neumann algebra for asymptotically AdS spacetimes from the implementations of the different gravitational constraints. We denote it as the \emph{centaur-algebra} of observables. In the first part of the letter, we employ a class of flow geometries interpolating between AdS$_2$ and dS$_2$ spaces, the centaur geometries. We study the type II$_\infty$ crossed product algebra describing the semiclassical gravitational theory, and we explore the algebra of bounded sub-regions in the bulk theory following $T\overline{T}$ deformations of the geometry and study the gravitational constraints with respect to the quasi-local Brown-York energy of the system at a finite cutoff. In the second part, we study arbitrary asymptotically AdS spacetimes, where we implement the boundary protocol of an infalling observer modeled as a probe black hole proposed by arXiv:2211.16512 to study modifications in the algebra. In both situations, we show how incorporating the constraints requires a type II$_1$ description.
title The centaur-algebra of observables
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.04233